If cooking Thanksgiving Dinner was a bit too much work, plan ahead for Christmas and New Years. Impressive first courses like these Mediterranean Purses from MackenzieLtd.com are just “heat and eat,” as are our Top Pick Of The Week, Kabobs frozen hors d’oeuvres.

Food tip of the day

Our Daily Truffle

One way to put some “gourmet” into every day is to spread truffle butter on your bread. D’Artagnan’s Truffle Butter is our favorite little indulgence. For the price of a cocktail, you can have a tub of precious, sweet butter, chock-full of black truffle pieces, that is as satisfying as any truffle dish, and lasts a week (or more, depending on the number of people in hour household). Spreading it on French rolls or fresh baguette is as heavenly as any truffle preparation. Toss it with fusilli or linguini, add it to a baked potato, butter your vegetables. Put a tablespoon in sauces and create masterpieces. You’ll be in truffle heaven $9.50. Click here for our review.

We love the November issue. In addition to being chock-full of yummy Thanksgiving foods (both reviews and recipes), our regular Special Sweets and Picks Of The Week sections feature items that can double as holiday gifts (our entire December issue will be food gifts galore). Even our Continuing Education section is focused on foods people use more of around holiday time.

We’re pleased to announce that our Water Editor, Michael Mascha, has published the first book on the world’s leading bottled waters. It’s reviewed in this issue, and makes a nice stocking-stuffer for anyone who loves bottled waters.

In addition to this monthly online magazine, we e-mail our Top Food Pick Of The Week newsletter to opt-in subscribers. If you don’t already receive it, click here to have it delivered directly to your e-mailbox. Of the thousands of specialty foods we taste each year, these 52 weekly recommendations are our favorites for both home use and gift-giving. You won’t want to miss them!

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Diet, kosher & organic products are reviewed below. Main Nibbles products that also are diet, kosher and/or organic are re-listed in those sections, along
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